During the 1960s, Punjab became the bread basket of India as a result of the adoption of a technological package referred to as the Green Revolution. The major elements of this package included improved seed, inputs of fertilizers and pesticides, and irrigation. Whereas Punjab represents only 2.9% of India's cultivated area, for the year 1969-70, the state produced 7% of the country's food grains, and 24% of its wheat. To enable Green Revolution agriculture, Punjabis have developed extensive irrigation systems (67% of the arable land is irrigated). The state has no mineral or fossil fuel sources.
|
1950 |
1960 |
1970 |
1980 |
1990 |
2000 |
|
|
Food grain production [mT] |
50.8 |
82.0 |
108.4 |
129.6 |
176.4 |
201.8 |
|
Food grain import [mT] |
4.8 |
10.4 |
7.5 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
- |
|
Buffer stock [mT] |
- |
2.0 |
- |
15.5 |
20.8 |
40.0 |
|
Population [m] |
361 |
439 |
548 |
683 |
846 |
1000 |